“Those Guys Dropped Classics”

Written By S. Samuel

[Each week, SOHH asks two entertainment personalities to name their Top 5 rappers of all-time. To make things tricky, we've created a "Hall of Fame" of emcees (see right) who are universally respected and therefore may not be mentioned. After Tiffany Foxx whipped out her top picks, Brooklyn rapper Gliffics names his fave five.]

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p-wu-tang-clan.jpgWu-Tang Clan. There’s a lot of people in there. I’m not a fan of all of them but Ghostface, RZA, GZA, Method Man and Raekwon were my favorite and ODB too. But with ODB, I’m not really a fan of his lyrics like that, he was just a character and you kind of loved him. Those guys dropped classics that I listen to today.

dmx.jpgDMX. He dropped some classic music. I’m mentioning people I still listen to. He made some really good stuff. I remember one time my man was going to fight somebody and he put DMX on before the fight. He put DMX on to go see him in the yard. You can’t do that with every artist.

mobb-deep.jpgMobb Deep. They were really influential. What’s really dope about that is I was in the studio with Havoc a couple of times and he heard the project I’m getting ready to put out now and said he was a fan of it. He saw a music video I’m going to be dropping and said it’s one of the best music videos he’s seen in his career. That came from Havoc.

p-atcq.jpgA Tribe Called Quest. The first hip-hop album that I got was the Low End Theory. My mom got it for me for my birthday and it was like introducing me to hip-hop. That was like the first project introducing me to hip-hop. From there, I started following their career and music. It’s just timeless.

p-kanye-west.jpgKanye West. Kanye is an innovative rapper who makes great music and keeps on evolving one album after the other with each album raising the bar further then the last.

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Written by S. Samuel

Steven Samuel is the co-founder of SOHH.com.

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  1. Sorry Fiddy u ain’t winning any acting award anytime soon lol…you a terrible actor, absolutely awful

  2. Never thought in 2003 I’d see the gangsta rapper 50 cent be holding hands with Meryl Streep….kinda great and sad at the same damn time, great cause it shows he’s had a great successful career, that he can chill with stars like Meryl Streep….sad, cause damn do I miss the 2003 50 cent!

    • First, why is 50 not at the Grammys. Is it because he has no songs last year worth mentioning? Or is it because it doesn’t want to see Jay or any other nemesis winning a Grammy? Or, is it that he has no friends or women of worth/stature that he could attend the event with? 50 has a terrible acting/movie producing career. Will Smith, LL Cool J, Ludacris and Ice Cube to name a few are much, much better actors, even in their early days. 50 is acting all nice when really he is a snake under grass that has n friends because he has cursed them off, even his son. 50 stans are so lame for wanting to see him come back. They must be stuck in the past. This is from a Jamaican and 50 is dead in the Caribbean as well as other parts of the world.

    • Bro

      I dont care about 50

      But be honest anybody checking a nba game first row chilling with hollywood stars can say he living good

    • Nigga can make more money in one month touring in Europe than most people will in their entire lives…Stop hating nigga it just makes you look bitter…

    • Everybody hates on some musician at some point or the other but for various reasons. 50 is hated on because he was/is antoganistic and beefs with every soul. I am not bitter as I was really taking shots at 50 stans who must be grateful for ‘pure’ hip hop sites as these because the further u move away from these sites the less u hear about him. If he can tour and make money then why doesn’t he? Why try with headphones? Let’s face it, even if he did break into the market big like he did with gunit clothing, he’s gonna fall right out of the market just like with gunit clothing. The tried and tested brands will remain strong like polo and ck and beats in the case of headphones. Beats headphones ain’t no ‘fly by night’ headphones.

  3. Im glad for my nigga 50. Hes a real ass nigga for not puttin on a front in front of anyone for show. Hes himself all the time and is truly wise to business..I respect the shit outta 50..

  4. 50 is a horrible actor. His delivery is terrible and
    He has no presence. Garbage like Nas in that movie
    I forgot the name of it.

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